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- Manual
Well, long story short, I had regeared Dweanos truck, well the rear axle at least, to 4.56. I hadnt had time until now, so I have his truck in my shop. Its easier if I just post up pics here, than try and email them all individually lol.
So took the wheels off, took the hubs off, took the caliper/rotors off...this is what I found:
that is why you torque the outer nut to 250 ft lbs, so they DONT do this, Hes just lucky I found it like this before something bad happened.
removed spindles, and took out axleshafts
the drivers side shock mount had broken, so Dweano had this as a temporary fix
I couldnt let the truck leave my shop like that, so I cut it apart, and cut a bolt up.
welded it in place
and ground smooth, much better haha.
the u joints were shot in the axleshafts
so I put new 5-760x joints in all 3 joints
and clearenced the slip so it wouldnt bind as easy
and did an E-clip eliminator
and painted the shafts
front diff was full of water haha, time for breather extensions eh buddy!
pulled the pig, and pulled the carrier and pinion
removed all the old seals and bearings
cleaned up the pig, and shot a coat of paint
and painted the beams
tomorrow Ill set up the new gears in the pig, and maybe start to put it back together.
So took the wheels off, took the hubs off, took the caliper/rotors off...this is what I found:
that is why you torque the outer nut to 250 ft lbs, so they DONT do this, Hes just lucky I found it like this before something bad happened.
removed spindles, and took out axleshafts
the drivers side shock mount had broken, so Dweano had this as a temporary fix
I couldnt let the truck leave my shop like that, so I cut it apart, and cut a bolt up.
welded it in place
and ground smooth, much better haha.
the u joints were shot in the axleshafts
so I put new 5-760x joints in all 3 joints
and clearenced the slip so it wouldnt bind as easy
and did an E-clip eliminator
and painted the shafts
front diff was full of water haha, time for breather extensions eh buddy!
pulled the pig, and pulled the carrier and pinion
removed all the old seals and bearings
cleaned up the pig, and shot a coat of paint
and painted the beams
tomorrow Ill set up the new gears in the pig, and maybe start to put it back together.